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On 4/5/2024 12:43 AM, shawn wrote:
> On Thu, 04 Apr 2024 20:47:45 -0700, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
> 
>> In article
>> <17c3434f46feeca3$51971$3384359$c2d58868@news.newsdemon.com>,
>> moviePig <never@nothere.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/4/2024 9:21 PM, Rhino wrote:
>>
>>>> There may be an easy solution to littering. Many years ago, when I was
>>>> just a pup, I remember an episode of Wonderful World of Disney where
>>>> they talked about the state of littering in some historic places and/or
>>>> national parks, perhaps Mt. Rushmore or Yellowstone. They had a little
>>>> jingle going as they showed these scenes and I still remember a snippet
>>>> of it to this day: "Litterbug, litterbug, don't you care? Making a mess
>>>> everywhere!" I don't think I've littered since I saw that, although
>>>> there were probably a couple of other moments along the way that
>>>> reinforced that. I just hold on to any litter I generate - or put it in
>>>> my pocket - until I get to a garbage can. I barely even think about it:
>>>> it's just programmed into my brain.
>>>>
>>>> I suppose you could characterize that as brain-washing and I suppose
>>>> it's true but it worked and I can't find anything evil in it, unlike
>>>> the sort of brain-washing/indoctrination so many schools do today.
>>>>
>>>> Why don't we do more of this? The world wouldn't suddenly be clean and
>>>> tidy overnight but it would probably clean up gradually if we were all
>>>> persuaded to litter less.
>>>
>>> People litter because other people litter ...preventable only by police.
>>
>> A couple years ago, I was coming around the corner from the alley next
>> to my house just as some purple-haired wildebeest threw her Starbucks
>> frappa-whatever against my garage door, splattering most of it all over
>> the door. The cup dropped to the ground as she and her pierced and
>> tattooed boyfriend walked over to the their car which was parked on the
>> curb and got in. I picked up the cup, which was still about 1/4 full of
>> sugary glop and walked over and dropped it through the sunroof
>> upside-down onto her lap and said, "Wouldn't want you to forget this."
>>
>> Her screech of outrage made the half hour I had to spend cleaning off my
>> garage door a lot easier to endure.
> 
> LOL. You have to wonder what is going on in their heads. It's bad
> enough to just drop your trash on the street but then to toss it up
> against someone's home leaving the trash and a mess behind. I can't
> fathom why anyone would do that.

It's the appeal of vandalism, for vandals with no talent.